Colin Blakemore
British neurobiologist (1944–2022)
Sir Colin Blakemore, FRS, FMedSci, HonFRCP, HonFRSM, FRSB, FBPhS (1 June 1944 – 27 June 2022) was a British neurobiologist. His works focused in vision and the development of the brain.
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| Born | Colin Brian Blakemore 1 June 1944 Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England |
| Died | 27 June 2022 (aged 78) Oxford, England |
| Alma mater | |
| Spouse | Andrée Elizabeth Washbourne |
| Children | 3, inlcuding Sarah-Jayne Blakemore[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Neurobiology, Ophthalmology |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | Binocular Interaction in Animals and Man (1968) |
| Doctoral advisor | Horace Barlow |
He was Yeung Kin Man Professor of Neuroscience and Senior Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study, City University of Hong Kong. He was an Emeritus Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Oxford.[2][3][4]
He was called by The Observer as both "one of the most powerful scientists in the UK" and "a hate figure for the animal rights movement" for his support of animal testing in science.[5]
He was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 1995.[6]
References
change- ↑ BLAKEMORE, Prof. Sarah-Jayne. Who's Who. Vol. 2015 (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc.
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- ↑ Hopkin, M. (2007). "Straight talk from... Colin Blakemore". Nature Medicine. 13 (10): 1125. doi:10.1038/nm1007-1125. PMID 17917643. S2CID 44378513.
- ↑ Blakemore, C. (2003). "Raising profile.( Colin Blakemore, the new chief executive of the Medical Research Council interviewed by Nigel Williams)". Current Biology. 13 (23): R891. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2003.11.002. PMID 14654006.
- ↑ Barbour, V. (2003). "Colin Blakemore". The Lancet. 362 (9395): 1590–1598. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(03)14769-1. PMID 14615136. S2CID 36244369.
- ↑ McKie, Robin. "Scientist who stood up to terrorism and mob hate faces his toughest test". The Observer, 14 September 2003.
- ↑ "Colin Blakemore". Academia Europaea. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019.
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